Wednesday, October 1, 2008

VECTORS

VECTORS

· ANY PHYSICAL QUANTITY WHICH HAS DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE AND MUST OBEY THE LAWS OF VECTOR ADDITION IS CALLED A VECTOR.

· ex~ displacement,velocity,acceleration,angular momentum[torque],angular displacement,angular velocity,angular acceleration,weight,gravity etc..,

· magnitude never be in -ve value .The direction only have +ve&-ve values

TYPES OF VECTORS

1.PARALLEL VECTORS

2.EQUAL VECTORS

3.UNPARALLEL VECTORS

4.OPPOSITE VECTORS

5.UNEQUAL VECTORS

6.COLLINEAR VECTORS

7.COPLANAR VECTORS

8.NON-COPLIANAR VECTORS

9.ORTHOGONAL VECTORS

10.ZERO VECTORS

11.UNIT VECTORS

12.POLAR VECTORS

13.AXIAL VECTORS

14.POSITION VECTORS

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